OBJECTIVE 9: Collaborate with law enforcement to identify and address improper practices that threaten public health, such as indiscriminate prescribing by “pill mills” and inappropriate "doctor shopping" in order to secure prescription drugs.

OBJECTIVE 1: Provide community education to increase public awareness of the risks of prescription drug abuse, safe use/storage/disposal, and available resources for help.

OBJECTIVE 3: Provide training and education to help the criminal justice community (e.g., law enforcement, court, lawyers, etc.) better understand prescription drug abuse and navigate the interface between public health and law enforcement.

OBJECTIVE 10: Seize opportunities to positively influence policy, at the local as well as State and Federal levels, by identifying and communicating community factors that are contributing to prescription drug abuse.

PRIORITY IV:

SAFE DRUG DISPOSAL

PRIORITY V:

ENFORCEMENT

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goal

20% reduction in prescription drug abuse deaths in

Los Angeles County by the year 2020

PRIORITY VI:

COMMUNITY TRENDS AND POLICY

OBJECTIVE 8: Support convenient, safe, and environmentally responsible prescription drug disposal programs in Los Angeles County that are free to the public to help decrease the supply of unused prescription drugs in homes and the community.

PRIORITY III:

TRACKING, MONITORING, AND DATA EXCHANGE

PRIORITY I:

EDUCATION &

TRAINING

PRIORITY II:

TREATMENT &

OVERDOSE PREVENTION

OBJECTIVE 6: Promote increased utilization of the statewide Prescription Drug Monitor Program (PDMP) in California, known as the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES), in order to decrease misuse and diversion of prescription drugs.